Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Overseas students at the London University of Fashion have had their symbols augmented under a scheme of "particular allowances" applying simply to them, leaked credentials have exposed.

The credentials, obtained by the Times Higher Education Supplement, disclose an email exchange among lecturers at the college, piece of the University of the Arts.

A spokesperson for the University said: "The University is pleasing these allegations very fatally and its mission an inquiry to get to the foot of this theme."

The director of the Centre of Education and Employment Research, Alan Smithers, warned it was "injurious and superior to suggest dumbed-down credentials to distant students".